u/oldmanpatrice

I Calgary a police officer was found guilty of stealing 20k of product from Home Depot through a scam called double walkout theft. The article gave a very short summary of the scam but I still can’t quite wrap my head around how this works. Can anyone shed some light on this?

The snippet from the article is below:

“Tepper, a 20-year veteran of the police service, admitted that between July 2024 and August 2025, he committed what’s known in the retail industry as “double walk-out thefts” at five different stores. 

The scam involved legally buying a tool, storing it in his car, and then immediately returning to the store to steal a second, identical item within minutes.”

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